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hi lfellow aussie i am from sydney i am sorry you are in major flare. when i flare i have severe fatigue, joints pain, headaches, depression, trouble walking and with my memory, i am on plaquenil and prednisone and mexotrexate and folic acid for my lupus. when i first went to hospital i had dizinessa nd balance problems as well as joint pain and severe headaches i could not walk and was in wheelchair for awhile but that was extreme flare but doctors thought it was all in my head because they do not test for lupus on regular bloodtests it was only after getting out of hospital that my local gp decided to do some tests and found out that my blood results were consistent with lupus blood results can sometimes be decieving with lupus and can vary due to a number of reasons there are a number of people like rob and say susie and oluwa who can help more with these answers they helped me greatly i have made a lot f wonderful friends on this site who have helped me through goodtimes and bad you are very welcome hope to talk to you soom hugs kim l